Hepatitis
Research from Northwestern University, Department of Medicine provide new insights into hepatitis
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 5th, 2007
Fresh data on hepatitis are presented in the report "Quantitative trait loci analysis of mice administered the methionine-choline deficient dietary model of experimental steatohepatitis." According to recent research from the United States, "Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common disease with a poorly understood etiology, and the methionine-choline-deficient (MCD) diet is a nutritional model of NASH. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis is a standard method for chromosomal mapping of polygenic disease traits."
"The purpose of this study is to administer mice an MCD diet in order to determine the strain-specific susceptibility for developing steatohepatitis,...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-02-05)
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